DATE AND VENUE

28 June 2011, Hagia Eirene Museum

CONCERT INFO

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN FESTIVAL CHORUS LUBECK
SIMONA SATUROVA soprano
BENJAMIN BURNS tenor
KONSTANTIN WOLFF bass
ROLF BECK conductor

CONCERT PRORGAMME

• Joseph Haydn
  The Creation

Lasts 120’ without interval.

PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
19.00-19.45 Hagia Eirene Museum Cloisters
with Asuman Kafaoğlu Büke on “Haydn”

To be held in Turkish.

With its text inspired by Milton’s Paradise Lost and the Bible, The Creation is the first oratorio to have been printed in English and German. This collossal work of Haydn will be performed by the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Rolf Beck who is also the artistic director of the choir.